Bamingui-Bangoran National Park and Biosphere Reserve

The National Park Bamingui - Bangoran located in the prefecture Bamingui - Bangoran in the north of the Central African Republic on the border with Chad. It was founded in 1979 and covers an area of ​​11191.1 km ². He is ( 1100 km ²) surrounded by the Vassako - Bolo Nature Reserve (860 sq km), the biosphere reserves Gribingui - Bamingui ( 4500 km ²) and Koukourou - Bamingui. The river Bamingui forms the western and southern border, the river Bangoran the northern boundary and the Strait of Kaga - Bandoro after Ndélé the eastern boundary of the National Park.

The National Park lies on a plane with a height level of 350 to 450 meters above sea level. The fauna is very rich and is determined by the type of vegetation in the north of the Eastern Sudan savanna and in the south of the forest-savanna of the Northern Congo. At 81 %, there are forest areas and 19% bush and grass savannas. The dominant tree species are Terminalia laxiflora, Isoberlinia doka and Anogeissus leiocarpus. Along the rivers to narrow gallery forests are expanding, probably with trees from the southerly rain forests are interspersed. In the north of the National Park are savannas that have trees with the types Mitragyna inermis, Lophira lanceolata and Crossopteryx febrifuga a sparse tree growth.

There live a large number of wildlife within the boundaries of national parks, including the lion. In the zones of the gallery forests and the Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus ) lives. In counts in the 1990s, 374 bird species have been recorded.

Source

• The National Park on BirdLife
• The National Park at UNESCO

• National Park in Africa
• National Park in the Central African Republic